Motor-vehicle.



No. 633,283. V I Patented Sept. I9, I899;

' c. M. DISSOSWAY 2 Sheets-Sheet I,

(No Model.)

No. 633,283. Patented Sept. l9, I899;

C. M. DISSDSWAY.

MOTOR VEHICLE.

(Application filed Feb. 18, 1899.)

(No Model.) 2 Sheets Sheet z ll llllllll Ill" WITNESSES:

TH: Noam: PETERS caJuoYo-uwo. wAsnmc'rou u c UNITED PATENT OFFICE.

CROWELL M. DISSOSWAY, OF NEW YORK, Y., ASSIGNOR OF'ONE-HALF TO JOHNGOODOHILD, GUARDIAN, OF SAME PLACE.

MOTOR-VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 633,283, dated September19, 1899.

Application filed February 18,1899. Serial No. 706,049. (No model.)

To all whom it may ooltcern: thereof; 0, the front axle pivoted on aking- Be it known that I, OROWELL M. DIssOs-I bolt in the usual way; (I,the front spring; 6, WAY, a citizenof the United States, residing thefront'bolster; b, the rear wheels; the in the borough ofManhattan,city,county, and rear axle; e, the rear bolster, and cl therear 5 5 State of New York, have invented certain new spring. fis thereach extending between and and useful Improvements in Motor-Vehicles,connecting the bolsters. All of these parts of which the following is aspecification. are common features in. road-vehicles of all Thisinvention relates to the artof propelkinds, and they vary in detail inthe differling vehicles by motors in lieu of drawing: ent kinds ofvehicles. The vehicle A here 60 [0 them with horses; and it consists incertain: illustrated is one type.

improvements in that class of motor-vehicles. 1 represents a motor ofany kind electric, wherein the latter is adapted to be substituted jpetroleum, compressed air, or the like. The for a horse in propelling anordinary 1notor-' kind of motor is not material to my invention. lesscarriage or Wagon, such as is commonly This motor drives the axle 2 ofthe mot0r-ve- 65 drawn by a horse. hicle B, and on it are fixed theground or trac- My invention contemplates the propulsion tion wheels 3.of an ordinary motorless vehicle, such as a: I As shown in Fig. 1, themotor-vehicle is sitfamily carriage or a light wagon, adapted priuateddirectly under the rear axle c of the vemarily to be drawn by a horse orhorses, by a' hicle A to be propelled, and this is the posi- 7omotor-vehicle, thislatter being Without the: tion preferred for themotor.

body, seats, &c., commonly pertaining to a The motor-casing is coupleddetachably to carriage and adapted to be put under the mothe reach f ofthe vehicle A to be propelled torless carriage and 'coupled theretodetach-F through the medium of a coupling-bow 4, ably for driving thelatter. Thus any one the ends of which are secured to the motor- 75 2 5having one or more ordinary motorless ve-l casing and the crown of thebow provided vhicles primarily adapted to be drawn byhorses with anapertured coupling-lug 4, which enmay remove therefrom the poles orthills, ters a clip 5 on the reach and is coupled place themotor-vehicle under any one of therein by a cross-bolt 5. Fixed at theirthem, clip it fast thereto, and drive it with the forward ends on thelateral branches of the 80 motor. The motor -vehicle employed has how 4are two springs 6 6, which extend back ground-wheels, and the tractionin driving is to the rear axle and have forked bearings 6, obtainedWholly through these wheels of the' which embrace the latter.

motor-vehicle. The motor may be controlled by a lever or w In theaccompanying drawings, which illus-' arm 7, which is within easy reachof any one 85 3 5 trate embodiments of the invention, Figure l sittingin the vehicle, and it may be guided or is a sectional side elevationshowing "a twosteered by an upright bar 8, the lower end of wheeledmotor-vehicle under and coupled to which is forked or branched, thebranches beaknown form of light motorless vehicle. Fig. ing secured tothe thill-clips g on the front axle 2 is aplan of one half of therunning-gears of c. The upright portion ofthis bar 8 turns 90 thevehicle. Fig. 3 is afront elevationof the in keeper-bearings 9 on thedashboard h, and vehicle. Fig. 4 is a perspective view, on a it has anarm or branch 8*, which is within larger scale, of thespringadjustingdevice. easy reach of the person sitting in the vehi-Fig. MS a view similar to Fig. 1, illustrating cle, so that he may turnthe front axle about a slightly different construction of the con-. itsking-bolt, and thus direct the course of 5 nections' between thevehicles. the vehicle.

A represents as a whole the motorlessve- The motorless vehicle A shownin Fig. 1 hicle, andB represents as a whole the motorhas its body amounted on springs; but it vehicle. will be obvious that said body mightas well Referring primarily to the first-four figures be mounteddirectly on the bolsters, as in the I00 of the drawings, a representsthe body of any case of some farm-wagons. ordinary motorless vehicle;b,the front wheels In Fig. 5 I have shown a construction wherein thesprings pertaining to the motorvehicle B, and in this figure designated6*, extend up to and are coupled to the body of the vehicle A. Thisinvention is not restricted to any special way of coupling themotorvehicle to the motorless vehicle. Being placed under the vehicle A,so as not to extend materially either to the front or rear or laterallybeyond the limits of said vehicle A, the motorvehicle practicallyoccupies no available space or room.

In order that the weight of the load may be transmitted to themotor-vehicle for traction, the rear axle of the vehicle A is supportedon the spring-arms or springs 6 or the body on the spring-arms 6 Fig. 5,and these springs may be made more or less stiff and resistant by meansof the wedge-clip 10. (Seen detached in Fig. 4.) This device consists ofa clip which embraces both the bow 4 and spring 6 and has a transversewedgingbar 10*, which takes between the two. By moving this device 10 soas to force the bar 1O in between the bow and spring and securing theclip by a set-screw 10 or other means the free end of the spring-arm 6is elevated, and greater tension is thus put on these springs when thefree ends thereof are connected to the vehicle A. The spring-arms 6 mayraise the hind wheels of the empty vehicle A 0% from the ground.

By the placing of the axle 2 of the motorvehicle B'directly under thehind axle of the vehicle A the steering of the vehicle is facilitated,especially where this steering is elfected through a steering devicesuch as that shown.

The object of the invention is to adapt a vehicle A to be propelledeither by a horse or by the motor B and also to require as littleaddition to or alteration of the vehicle A as possible. In theconstruction shown in Fig. 1 only the bearings f) and clip 5 are added.These may remain fixed on the vehicle A at all times without detriment.

Preferably the springs or spring-arms 6 or 6 as seen in Fig. 5, will behinged at the points of attachment to the side members of the bow 4.

Of course the motor-vehicle B may be used to drive any vehicle A. Forexample,one may have a single motor-vehicle and a number of motorlessvehicles to be coupled thereto at will, and it is not essential thatthese latter be adapted for use with horses.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. The combination with afour-wheeled, motorless vehicle A, of a wheeled motor-vehicle B,situated under the rear part of the vehicle A and provided with a bow 4,which extends forward and is coupled to the reach of the vehicle A,spring-arms, secured at their front ends to the bow4 and interposedbetween said bow and the vehicle A, and means for varying the operativelength of said springarms, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a motor-vehicle, adapted to be placed under andsecured to a four-wheeled motorless vehicle for driving it, of the saidmotorless vehicle, having thillclips on its front axle and a springbetween the said axle andthe body, of the removable steering mechanismcoupled to said clips and extending up above the dashboard,substantially as set forth.

3. A motor-vehicle adapted for driving any ordinary motorless vehicle,and comprising a motor 1, mounted on its wheel-axle 2, the wheels 3 onsaid axle, a bow 4, fixed at its ends to the motor-casing and adapted tobe coupled to the reach of the vehicle to be driven, and springs betweensaid bow and the last-named vehicle, substantially as set forth.

4. A wheeled motor-vehicle adapted for driving any ordinary motorlessvehicle, said motor-vehicle comprising a motor, its wheelaxle and wheelor wheels, the bow 4, for coupling to' the vehicle to be driven, twospringarms 6 attached at one end to the respective branches of said bow,and adapted to be coupled at the other end to the vehicle to be driven,and means on said bow for varying the operative length of said arms,substantially as set forth.

5. A wheeled motorvehicle adapted for coupling to and driving anyordinary motorless vehicle, said motor-vehicle having its motor mounteddirectly on its wheel-axle, and a U-shaped bow 4, the branches of whichare fixed to the casing of the motor and the bow of which is providedwith appliances for coupling it to the vehicle to bedriven,substantially as set forth.

G. The combination with a motorless vehicle to be driven, a Wheeledmotor-vehicle under the vehicle to be driven and having a coupling-bow4, and the springs or springarms on the bow and between it and thevehicle to be driven, of the wedge-clips 10, each of which embraces thespring-arms and the bow and has a wedging-bar 10 and a setscrew 10,substantially as set forth.

7. The combination with a motorless, fourwheeled vehicle A, and thedetachable, motor-vehicle B, under the rear part of the same, saidmotor-vehicle having a coupling-bow 4 which extends forward and iscoupled to the reach of the vehicle A, of the spring-arms fixed at theirfront ends to said bow and having forks at their rear ends which embracethe rear axle, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 16th day ofFebruary, 1899,in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CROVELL M. DISSOSWAY.

Witnesses: I

HENRY CONNETT, PETER A. Ross.

